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GENUS I. GYPSOPHILA. 
Decandria Digynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Gypsos, chalk, and Phileo, to love, referring to 
the habitat of the plants. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, angled: petals 5: sti- 
pules none. 
(1) G. vaccania. (Smith. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 42.—Spr. Syst. IT. p. 371. 
Syn. Saponaria vatcaria, Linn.—Dec. prod. I. p. 365.—S. 
perfoliata, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 445. 
Engrav. Bot. Mag. vol. XLIX. t. 2290. 
Spec. Cuar. Annual, glabrous: leaves ovate and oblong-lan- 
ceolate, sessile, connate at the base: flowers bisexual, panicled : 
calyx smooth, pyramidal: petals with long claws, erose at the 
apex : flowers largish, rose-coloured. 
Peninsula, Bengal. Flowering in the cold season, 
GENUS II. SILENE. 
Decandria Trigynia. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. From Sialon, saliva, alluding to the viscid moisture on 
the stems. 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, not angled: petals 5, 
with long claws: claw often scaly at the top: limb 2-cleft; cap- 
sule 3-celled at the base, opening at the top by six teeth. 
(1) 8S. mtrusa. (W. § A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p, 42. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I. t. 26. 
Spec. Cuar. Viscidly pubescent : stems dichotomously branch- 
ed: upper leaves broadly laneeolate: pedicels alternate, 1-flower- 
ed, much longer than the floral leaf: calyx long, club-shaped, with 
longish teeth, truncate and slightly hollow at the insertion of the 
pedicel, with ten connected ribs: petals deeply 2-cleft: flowers 
cream-coloured, tinged with red. 
Neilgherries, 
GENUS Ill. STELLARIA. 
Decandria Trigynia. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. From Stella, a star, alluding to the appearance of the 
flowers, 
